Blogs and News about Colville Island of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Tue, 6 Jan 2009
A Show From a Small Minke Whale!In Rosario Strait we not only found the BMW Oracle continuing its test trials amidst the San Juan Islands, but also the start of one of the best showings of Harbor Porpoise of the year! The porpoise were quickly swimming through the ...
j & l pods todaythe orcas that we saw earlier today moved north during the afternoon so we decided to start our trip traveling through the inner san juan islands to catch up with them. along our way through the islands we saw a variety of wildlife ...
orcas all throughout the islands! - monday, august 11, 2008we neared colville island where we found a pair of marbled murreletts! these small endangered seabirds are a rare sighting in the san juan islands as we only have a few mated pairs in the area! just north of false bay we visited with a ...
a grey day and very active orcas!!we followed their direction towards the south end of san juan island. it was just north of false bay where we found members of j pod orcas and faith (l57)! in the grey of the day we watched oreo's subpod playfully enjoying the day. ...
orca whales sighted by island explorer 3!"from the dock we ventured into the inner islands heading towards cattle pass at the south end of san juan island! shortly after entering the strait of juan de fuca we were enjoying the company of orca whales! ...
Orcas on the west side of San Juan Island We did slow down to take a look at lots and lots of harbor seals hauled out on the rocks just off Colville Island . There were some seal pups mixed in with this group. We also spotted a pair of adult bald eagles perched on Colville ...
orca and minke whales today!!after a quick visit we continued making our way northward up san juan island until we came to false bay where we found the orcas of l & k pod milling about in the riptide no doubt enjoying some tasty salmon! ...
orcas off lime kiln parkwe stopped at colville island to watch 6 turkey vultures soaring over the island and two adult bald eagles perched on the ground. one bald eagle took flight and landed right next to his or her mate. many harbor seals were hauled out on ...
orca whales sighted!"it was yet another gorgeous day out in the san juan islands. we left the marina with an amazing view of mount baker that followed us on the rest of our adventure! heading south down rosario strait we rounded the the south end of lopez ...
j and k pods crossing the border, and our first heermann's gull!we did stop briefly at colville island to check out a bunch of harbor seals hauled out on the rocks. by the time we hit salmon bank, off san juan island, the fog was starting to clear. we found the orcas just northeast of discovery ...
